ST
MARY AT THE QUAY, IPSWICH, WAR MEMORIAL

The
war memorial is a memorial plaque inside St Mary on the Quay parish
church on Key Street, Ipswich, Suffolk. This church is now redundant
(disused) and is at the moment used by the Visual Arts Group being open
to the public infrequently. Contact Tourist Information Centre for further
details. The memorial takes the form of a rectangular brass plaque set
within a Nowy-headed stone backboard with the whole mounted upon a black
stone backboard with incised inscription in black lettering. The backboard
takes the form of two columns supporting a Nowy-headed pediment. There
is an incised foliate border on the plaque with a crown incised at the
top centre of the plaque. There are 22 names for World War 1 listed
by Surname, Rank, Regiment, Forename and Decorations. The memorial cost
£77 raised by public sponsorship and was unveiled 9th November
1919. Details can be found in the East Anglian Daily Times 12th November
1919.

TO
THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM
THIS PARISH AND CONGREGATION WHO LAID DOWN THEIR
LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Thanks
Be To God Which Giveth Us The Victory I Cor Xv 57
This Tablet Is Erected By The Parishioners And Friends

BROGDEN

Ingram
Richard Rhodes

Lieutenant
Royal Army Medical Corps. LG 17th March 1917 to be temporary Lieutenant
1st March 1917. Drowned 15th April 1917. Commemorated MIKRA MEMORIAL.
Probably lost when HT "Arcadian" was torpedoed and sunk
on 15 April 1917, 41.5 kilometres north east from the island of
Milo (Melos), carrying reinforcements for Egypt. Arcadian was a
8,939 grt steamer launched in 1899 and owned by the Royal Mail Steam
Packet Company. Former ship name: Ortona. The U-boat that torpedoed
and sank her 26 miles NE of Melos was UC 74 under the command of
kplt. Wilhelm Marschall, who would go on to win the Pour le Merite.

9833
Driver Royal Field Artillery 29th Div. Ammunition Col. Born Kirton,
Woodbridge, Suffolk Enlisted Ipswich. Died at Sea 23rd October 1915.
Age 51. Son of Aron Leggett, of Kirton, Ipswich; husband of Caroline
S. Leggett, of 21, Tooley St., Ipswich. Commemorated MIKRA MEMORIAL.
Probably lost when HT "Marquette", torpedoed and sunk
by 'U35' on 23 October 1915, 57.5 kilometres south from Salonika
Bay, carrying the 29th Division Ammunition Column and the New Zealand
Stationary Hospital.